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  1. The Age of the Javascript-Powered Desktop Evan Morikawa | @e0m

    | [email protected] Dino JS | June 24, 2016

  2. The Precambrian Eon 1.3 billion seconds ago

  3. The Precambrian Eon C | C++ Swing | Qt |

    Cocoa | GTK | WPF/WinRT | … 1.3 billion seconds ago

  4. The Paleozoic Era 145 million seconds ago

  5. The Paleozoic Era NW.js (Node Webkit) 145 million seconds ago

  6. The Mesozoic Era 52 million seconds ago

  7. The Mesozoic Era Shell hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/nylas.com/code-challenge 52 million seconds ago

  8. The Cenozoic Era 36 million seconds ago

  9. The Cenozoic Era 36 million seconds ago

  10. None
  11. None
  12. None

  13. Chromium

  14. Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process

  15. Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process C++

  16. Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process C++ Renderer Renderer

    Renderer HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM)

  17. Chromium Browser aka Backend aka Main Process C++ Renderer Renderer

    Renderer HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) ipc

  18. Browser aka Backend aka Main Process Renderer Renderer Renderer HTML

    / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) ipc

  19. Node Event Loop libuv Node & Chromium Mashup

  20. Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium Node & Chromium Mashup

  21. Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium Node Event Loop libuv ? Node

    & Chromium Mashup

  22. Chromium Events libuv Chromium Node & Chromium Mashup

  23. Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium Node Event Loop libuv Node &

    Chromium Mashup

  24. Node Event Loop libuv Chromium Events MessageLoop Chromium IO poll

    Node & Chromium Mashup

  25. Browser aka Backend aka Main Process Renderer Renderer Renderer HTML

    / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) HTML / JS (DOM) ipc

  26. Nylas N1

  27. Nylas N1 main.js

  28. Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()

  29. Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()

  30. Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()

    index.html index.js

  31. Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()

    index.html index.js React.render()

  32. Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()

    index.html index.js React.render()

  33. Nylas N1 main.js const win = new BrowserWindow() win.loadURL(`file://index.html`) win.show()

    index.html index.js React.render() Composer Work Window
  34. None

  35. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility

  36. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility
  37. None

  38. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail

  39. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail

  40. Native Electron Extensions npm install sqlite3 electron/electron-rebuild

  41. electron/electron-rebuild Native Electron Extensions

  42. electron/electron-rebuild node-gyp install --target=${electronVersion} --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell Native Electron Extensions

  43. electron/electron-rebuild node-gyp install --target=${electronVersion} --arch=x64 --dist-url=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell npm rebuild --target=${electronVersion} --arch=x64

    --runtime=electron Native Electron Extensions

  44. nodejs/node-gyp Native Electron Extensions

  45. nodejs/node-gyp  gyp (Generate Your Projects) make, gcc, XCode, Visual

    Studio Native Electron Extensions

  46. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows

  47. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows
  48. None
  49. None

  50. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows

  51. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows

  52. ReactiveX.js

  53. const q = `SELECT * FROM threads WHERE dinosaur…` Rx.Observable.fromQuery(q).subscribe((threads)

    => { this.setState({threads}) })

  54. const q = `SELECT * FROM threads WHERE dinosaur…` Rx.Observable.fromQuery(q)

    .filter(myFn).subscribe((threads) => { this.setState({threads}) })

  55. const q = `SELECT * FROM threads WHERE dinosaur…` Rx.Observable.fromQuery(q)

    .filter(myFn) .map(mapFn).subscribe((threads) => { this.setState({threads}) })
  56. None

  57. SELECT * FROM threads WHERE account_id=123 SELECT * FROM messages

    WHERE thread_id=987

  58. SELECT * FROM threads WHERE account_id=123 SELECT * FROM messages

    WHERE thread_id=987

  59. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks

  60. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks
  61. None

  62. https://github.com/nylas/n1 Open Source

  63. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail

  64. The Age of the JS Desktop 1. “Native” experience 2.

    Process Control 3. Performance 4. Data Storage & Offline 5. Plugins & Extensibility Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail Electron-Rebuild | Node GYP | Windows Jankbusting | Worker Windows SQL | Observables | Tasks Native extensions | Cross-platform CSS | Retina Detail
  65. None
  66. None
  67. None
  68. None

  69. N1 Core Team https://nylas.com/team @e0m @bengotow @juanstejada Halla Moore @jackiehluo

    Drew Regitsky

  70. Evan Morikawa | @e0m | [email protected] | June 2016 Thank

    you! Slides here